As the home of Ken Kesey’s ‘Further’, Eugene is the one true Mecca for old school buses sporting colorful paint jobs. And new ones are still being added, like this International sporting a roof-top chicken coop, with several live chickens, of course. Nothing like fresh eggs in the morning; is there a chute that automatically rolls them down to the kitchen after they’re laid?

I first shot and posted this same bus a bit over a year ago in the exact same spot, where overnight parking is tolerated (for now; it’s getting re-developed before long).

Then last August we ran into it down in the Whit, and caught the owner, a woman, in the process of painting it.

And here it is, in its full new splendor.

I called out for permission to shoot it through the open windows, and was readily granted it. But her dog kept an eye on me; or more likely our dogs.

“I am the Lorax….”

The Subaru was running, and obviously being used to charge up the on-board battery in the bus.

Mustn’t forget the chickens; they look like the same ones as last year. Wonder if they’re still laying well?

wow. it takes all kinds in eugene doesn’t it? i am thinking that my kids are not getting a full education here in minnesota. they are not exposed to anything like this in our fair state. well, we have the chickens and roosters but they are in an old-fashioned coop and the only thing we paint are outbuildings. they have a copy of the lorax but it doesnt read so well up here in the woods.

Did any of you see that nice old 50s Greyhound bus conversion that was in the news a week ago ? It was parked in the Salem Or, Walmart The owner was wanted on drug charges. When the cops came to find him, the owner kept shooting at them, including the K9. The cops fired tear gas and a few rounds into the bus. They also tore the bus apart with an armored vehicle and found he had been killed. Then they had to haul away the old wreck in the end.

Is it just me or is that an extra-ordinarily long bus?
Yet counting the windows doesn’t make this more than a 45-55 passenger bus…..must be that HUGE rear overhang. I would not care to drive this in the rain or snow.

Imagine some cartoon-esque egg delivery system with tubes and funnels and egg-a-paults delivering an egg to your frying pan while tossing aside the shell at the last second!

I’d paint ‘Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez’ on the front. Or Further (squared) an an homage to Kesey. If housing and apartment prices keep going up, old buses like this may be my only alternative. My apartment’s rent just went up $200 because of ‘fair market value’ so we’re looking elsewhere.

With the way Portland is gentrifying something like this might be my future home.

This bus is cool, I guess it is eco friendly despite the dismal fuel economy, I hope the Chickens are brought inside for long drives, wonder if this bus has ever been to a Rainbow Gathering or Burning Man, and wonder how far east this bus could be driven before being pulled over by the police?